Monday, January 30, 2006

Darn you... Darn you all to heck!

Well it was only a matter of time before I was TAGGED (thanks Ed, no really).

Ugh. I hate talking about myself, but hey here is everything you never wanted to know about the Jeffro:

4 Jobs I have Had in My Life:

* Lifeguard (never saved anyone, had 3 close calls though)
* U.S.D.A. Food Commodities Outreach Coordinator for Marion County (i.e. I was the free government cheese man)
* Assitant Manager for a Sam's Club (I have since had my Walmart Implanttm removed from my skull)
* Production Supervisor for a classified ad agency (what I do now :)

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:

* Highlander, the original (before it got weird/stupid)
* Star Wars (the first i.e. "episode IV" - Empire is my fav though)
* Sixth Sense
* Matrix

4 TV Shows I Love (d) To Watch:

* Lost
* Earth 2
* Battlestar Galactica (old AND new)
* Myth Busters

4 Places I’ve Lived (I have to list 4???):

* Floral City, Florida
* Dayton, Ohio
* Chester, Massachusetts
* Spring Hill, Florida (in roughly that order - I don't get out much)

4 Places I’ve Been On Vacation To:

* Dallas, Texas (too bad I was too young to remember most of it :-/)
* Washington D.C. (Honeymoon!)
* Disney World in Orlando, Florida
* Down the Weeki Wachi river in a canoe (last week and it was a blast ;)

4 Places I Would Rather Be In:

* In bed dreaming.
* In a deck chair on a tropical beach with my feet up and a cold drink in a coconut shell resting in the palm of my hand.
* In a hammock in the back yard sipping a cold drink and listening to the sounds of summer.
* In a fast sports car crusing at 80+ mph with good music and the road grinding under my wheels.

4 Of My Favorite Foods:

* Italian pasta (espicially Lasagna!)
* Pizza
* Burgers
* Dark Chocolate (mmm... choc-o-lateeee)

4 Websites I Visit Daily:

www.12tomidnight.com
12tomidnighted.blogspot.com
www.flametoad.com
simpleamerican.blogspot.com

4 Unfortunate Souls Tagged:
Well all of my blogland friends have been tagged so I'm coming up a bit short here... I guess I'll tag 4 folks who I would love to read thier answers, but undoubtably will never respond (well in theory anyway)

* God
* Leonardo da Vinci
* MC Escher
* Albert Einstein

Gee that wasn't so painful after all.. ack! L8R M8S :)

Monday, January 09, 2006

.. as a dog.

Well not really, but sick enough to mope around and not get any work (or posting done) Why do they say that anyways? Dogs don't get sick very often... do they???

Well I do. That is for sure. I always come down with the latest and greatest bug. Bonus of having children and working with lots of folks who have children. We all get to exchange germs and try out the seasonal flus and colds early.

Between holidays and colds I just haven't felt like posting so time to do a quick catch up with my online friends and such.

Also we have been house hunting... of a sort. We learned lots of great stuff while looking for our first home. Like for example we don't qualify for a whole lot and what we do qualify for we have to finance at a stiff rate (10.52%). I decided to give LendingTree.com a whirl and for better or worse see if the banks actually do compete for my business ;)

We have been staying near my in-laws for far too long. We need to get out and I just can't swallow paying someone else rent when I could be putting money into my own pocket. We're not in a super rush, so we can take our time and do whatever needs to be done to geta home, but I would like to be a new place and out of here by summer time (another year in this window air-conditioned tin can and I will loose it! :O)

Florida's real estate market has simply BOOMED over the last two years and prices are pretty hefty now, but that also means property is holding a good value. Fortunately for us the market seems to be stabilizing so we might do better at the bartering table when we put in offers on our home-to-be.

In RPG news DirtyUnicorn is gearing up for a good start in the new year. Should have 2 products out for Februaury and a website sooner then that. Of course the best laid plans of mice and men and all that, but I've got my fingers crossed and my mind set so we shall see what the new year brings! (or at least what I bring to the new year!)